Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Insecticides — Agricultural Use was 5 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Sao Tome and Principe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 5 t for insecticides — agricultural use in 2024.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, insecticides — agricultural use in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 7 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2 t, in 2000.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 184th of 216 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 t | 3 t | 3 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8 t | 2 t | 5 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6 t | 5 t | 7 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 t | 5 t | 7 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.96 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7.34 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 1.04 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 2.26 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 88.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 39.26 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.04 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insecticides — agricultural use in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Insecticides — agricultural use in Sao Tome and Principe was 5 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 7 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 t in 2000.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for insecticides — agricultural use?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 184th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insecticides — agricultural use rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Insecticides — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).